Coating for a cylinder of a reciprocating engine

US6080360A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Harald Pfeffinger · Tiefenbronn, DE
• Micheal Voit · Waiblingen, DE
• Tilman Haug · Landau in der Pfalz, DE
• Patrick Izquierdo · Ulm, DE
• Herbert Gasthuber · Ulm, DE
• Wolfgang Reichle · Lenningen, DE
• Axel Heuberger · Wildberg, DE
• Franz Rueckert · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Peter Stocker · Murrhardt, DE
• Helmut Proefrock · Leutenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C23C30/00
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A coating for a cylinder bore of a reciprocating engine with an iron, aluminum, or magnesium base comprises a hypereutectic aluminum/silicon alloy. The alloy is applied to a cylinder wall by thermal spraying.